Customer Appreciation BINGO!

 Sunday afternoon was my Customer Appreciation BINGO event for all my customers.   There were a total of 38 that showed up to party with me.  I made each of them a fun little bag with some goodies in it using the Gift Bag Punch Board.

Here is a closeup of one of the little bags.  I used the new In Colors cardstock and DSP and added the cute new little bows to match.  I am starting to really fall in love with this punch board.  So many things you can make with it and quick too. 

 All set up and ready for my stampin' friends to arrive.

Table of BINGO! prizes.

Always a little stampin' to do.  I had two make-n-takes set up.

 Full House!  Wohoo!  or I should say Full Garage!

more stampin' friends,

and a couple more hiding in the corner.  I am grateful to each and everyone of these ladies, not because of their business but because of their friendship.  The best thing I like about my job is getting to meet new people and becoming lifelong friends.  Love it!  Thanks for stopping by and have a good day everyone!

Twila

3D Thursday - This Week Featuring a Project By Jenn.

Hi and welcome back!  I can't believe it's been a week since our group of four Stampin' Up! Demos launched our new venture.  Today is Jennifer Gulch's turn at creating a project with matching FREE PDF.  Her "She Shed" is so cute and I can't wait to make one of my own!  This would make a wonderful little treat or gift box.

Isn't it the cutest little shed!  If you would like directions for it just click on the link below and download your FREE PDF today.  Thank you for sharing your craftiness with us, Jenn!

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I hope you enjoy this Thursday Project as much as I did.  Be sure and download your FREE PDF!

Thanks for stopping by and check back next week to see Sarah's Project!

Stamp Review Crew - Colorful Seasons

    Hello! and welcome to another Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop.  I am so excited!  The new Stampin' Up! annual catalog has just gone live and there are so many wonderful new sets!  This Hop features the new stamp set Colorful Seasons.  There are so many possibilities from this stamp set and matching die that it was a perfect pick for our first hop introducing the new catalog.  If you are new to the Crews hops, let me explain a little.  We are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world and we each use the same stamp set during the hop so you get different ideas on how the stamp set can be used.  There is also a master link that you can go to later to view all the ideas, and it is here.  Also we have a pinterest board where we pin our creations too, called Stamp Review Crew.

   Let's get back to the hop.  If you are following along with us you have just arrived from the very talented Linda Callahan's Blog: Stampin' Seasons.  She does amazing work!  I have added a picture of the stamp set and matching framelits for you below.

Now let's take a look at the project I have made for the hop. 

I decided to make a wedding card, not just an ordinary wedding card but one that a Mother or best friend might give to the Bride-to-be right before the wedding.  You will see why in the next picture.  The colors I chose for my project were a new In-Color Powder Pink and then Smokey Slate for my phrase.  I will give a list at the end of my post of everything I used.

For the inside phrase I chose to use the words "Just Breathe".  Rewind about 6 years ago right before my daughter got married and things were getting crazy I gave her a cup with this phrase on it.  Made for a wonderful gift.  I think it's a perfect card for the Bride-to-be.

And I just has to show a close up of these wonderful little heart pieces that come in the new Stampin' Up! in-colors.  They are the perfect touch to this sweet card.  

Here's the list of Products I used.

Stamp Set: Colorful Season w/matching framlits

Cardstock: Powder Pink, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Ink: Powder Pink, Smokey Slate

Tools: Sweet and Sassy Framelits, Petal Burst Emboss Folder

Other: 1/2" Finely Woven Powder Pink Ribbon,  2017-18 In- color Glitter Acrylic Shapes

Thank you so much for stopping by and now it is time to hop on over to Bronwyn Eastley's Blog: Add Inktive Designs and see what fabulous project she has come up with.  Click on the button below and it will take you right to it.  Have a great day!

The First 3D Thursday Team Blog Hop!

Hello!  I am so excited about this new adventure I am taking starting today.  Along with 3 other very talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators, we are coming together as a team to bring you some fun 3D Projects and FREE PDF's to go with them!

That's right!  This is gonna be so fun.  So every Thursday we will be taking turns making projects and when it's another teammates turn we will post their project also.  The months that have 5 Thursday will have a Blog Hop featuring 4 Projects on the first Thursday of the month.  Since this is the first Thursday it's Hop Day.  We are all featuring projects made with the Gift Bag Punch Board.  So let's get started!  If you are following along in order then you have just arrived from Sarah Wills' Blog Sarah's Ink Spot.  Her project was fantastic and I bet you can't wait to make it!

Here are a couple of pictures of my project.

I had a lot of fun creating this sweet coffee cup project using the beautiful new Delightful Daisy DSP.  It is actually pretty simple if you just follow the FREE PDF.  Be sure to have your Gift Bag Punch Board handy!

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Now click on the button below to go to the next blog on the Hop.  Debbie Henderson is up next with her blog Debbie's Designs and I know you are gonna love what she has created for you.  Don't forget to hop all the way around so you can meet all 4 of our design team members.  See you next Thursday!

New 3D-Thursday Coming Soon!

Super Exciting News!  Read All About It Here!

I am super excited to team up with a group of very talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators to bring you a fun new 3-D Project every Thursday, starting in June.  How much does it cost?

That's right FREE!  Every Thursday one of the design team members will post a fun 3D Project plus a project sheet with directions on how to make the project.  To kick off the debut of our new design team, we will be participating in a Team Blog Hop on Thursday, June 1st. that's exactly one week away and you will get to meet our team of four so stay tuned!

Stamp Review Crew - Nailed It

Hello!  It's time for another Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop, this time featuring the retiring set Nailed It.  If after viewing the Blog Hop yo decide you can't live without it, you have until May 22 to order it.  We have a great "hop" lined up for you so please be sure and visit all of them.  At anytime in the future you want to visit the main Stamp Review Crew permalink that has all the projects to view you can find it here:  Stamp Review Crew - Nailed It.  If you are hopping in order then you have just arrived from Dawn Tidd's Blog.  Love her creativity!

Time to take a look at my creations:

I decided to make two cards for this hop.  Love the color combo I used on these cards.

The first card is just a simple DAD card with which I used the screwhead stamp to add a little detail to my diecut letters.  I then stamp one of the sayings from the stamp set and added it to the bottom of the card.

For this card I used the different "tool" stamps to make a collage background for part of my card.  I made the "Happy Father's Day" stamp my focal point and stamped and cut out a wrench and screwdriver to add an accent to the card.  I've added a list of supplies that I used to make my cards at the bottom of the post.  Thank you so much for stopping by!  Now it's time to "hop" over to Sue Plote's Blog and view here wonderful creativity.  Just click on the "Next" button and it will take you there.  Happy Hopping!

Supplies I used:

Stamp Sets: Nailed It (retiring), Woodgrain

Cardstock: Daper Denim, Delightful Dijon (retiring), Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate

Inks: Soft Suede

Framelits: Large Letters

Emboss Folder:  Brick Wall

Other: Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Snail, Big Shot, Paper Trimmer

Stampin Friends April Blog Hop - BIrthday / Celebration

Hello! and welcome to this months Stampin Friends Blog Hop featuring Birthday / Celebrations.  Don't forget to follow the hop all the way around so you can see all the wonderful creations.

This month we have an amazing guest hopper with us that you should definitely check out!  We are so happy to have her creating with us!

Jennifer Knape Cerizo

Let's get started with my projects:

I LOVE Birthdays! and it is so fun to create something handmade.

The fun thing about making your own Birthday card is that you can create it anyway you like.  There are no limits to what you can do with paper.  I chose to make a fold over card using Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper called Party Animals with Pacific Point, Emerald Envy Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White cardstock.  I love how bright and cheery it is.  I also used the stamp set "Endless Birthday Wishes" and the "Happy" Thinlet Die from "Hello You".  The Balloon punch is called "Balloon Bouquet".  Several of the items I used are on clearance so be sure and check that out!

 The saying on the inside of the card is from the stamp set "Birthday Blast".  You notice that there is a flap to the right of the card, I added this so I could tuck the front of my card under the balloons.

 Here's a close up so you can see how I tucked it.  The birthday is stamped in Pacific Point on Heavy Whisper White cardstock.  I added 2 dimensionals underneath it and to the left, so it could help hole the flap down.  I also added the Emerald Envy balloon to the card front so it could act as a flap also.

And here is the fun part of the project suite, an altered paint can to hold the Birthday goodies in.  Thank goodness I always save all my ribbon.  It doesn't matter if it's retired or current, I love all ribbon!  Thank you so much for stopping by and looking at my creations.  Now it's time to hop on over to Andrea Tracy - Tucker's blog and check out her wonderful creations.  You can do that by clicking on her name in the list below.  Have a great day everyone!  

Stamp Review Crew - Cool Treats

Hello!  and welcome to another Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop this time featuring the stamp set Cool Treats.  The Stamp Review Crew pick certain sets to feature as a group, so the hop is a little different than others in the fact that all the bloggers feature just the one set for the whole hop.  This gives you a great variety of ideas as how you can use the set.  After the hop at any time you can go to the main link Cool Treats and see all our creations there.  If you are following the hop in order you have just arrived from my friend, Holly Krautkremer's Blog and her fun creations with this stamp set.  Love them!

Cool Treats

 This is such a fun set to work with and so many fun options to put together.  I wanted to try and think outside the box a bit and do something total unrelated to ice cream.  Here's what I came up with.

The ice cream topper reminded me of Troll hair.  So I decided to make a little troll girl to go with that hair.  Colors I used were Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pacific Post, and Pink Pirouette.  I also used the Melon Mambo DSP from the Brights Family Stack.  I used stamps from the set for her hair, smile, and eyebrows and the Birthday Saying.  Punches I used were Cookie Cutter Builder, Fox Builder,  Owl Builder, Sprinkles, and Blossom Builder.  Can you guess how I used them?

I used our Layering Oval Framelit dies as her backdrop.  adding dimenionals to the back.  There are also framelits that go with this stamp set called Tasty Treats and I at first cut out her hair with it but it was too small, so I stamp another and fussy cut it out and it fit perfectly after I rounded it off a bit at the scalp with a punch.  A few little rhinestones made a little sparkle to the card.  Adding the Happiest Birthday saying finished my card off.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment if you would like.  I love hearing you.  Now it's time to hop on over to my stampin' friend, Bronwyn Eastley and see what fun projects she has to share with us.  Just click on the button below and it will take you there.

Spring Stamp Camp Projects

This past weekend we held our Spring Stamp Camp.  We usually have 12 projects for customers to choose from and make.  Two of my downline help me with my Stamp Camps and I couldn't do it without them.  We run the camp on Saturday from 4 - 7pm then again on Sunday 2:30 to 5:30.  We usually have between 35 to 50 people attend our camps so it is a major undertaking to get things ready.  A lot of inspiration for our projects come from other demos who share their talents with us and others.  Here are samples of the projects we had available for the stamp camp.

My projects, the quilt card was a big hit with everyone.  The little purse holds a chocolate square and the bunny box holds some candy.

 Shannon's projects: The tool box holds some Hershey Kisses.

Kelly's projects.

That's all for today.  Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Easter!

Twila